Sessions at OSCON 2011 about Geospatial
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- Topic: Geospatial
Wednesday 27th July 2011
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Open Geospatial Libraries for Ruby
by Chris Helm
Both location based technology and Ruby have become extremely popular in recent years. There are many libraries and tools that are available for Rubyists to geospatially enable their applications. In this workshop you will learn both what these tools are and how to use them.
Friday 29th July 2011
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Cultivating Open Geo-Data in the Real-World: A Guided Tour of Three Portland-based Projects
by Matt Blair
A review of three open data projects, from a developer's perspective: assembling a map of poetry posts, crowd-sourcing photos of Heritage Trees, and showcasing Portland's extensive collection of Public Art. Includes practical tips, such as using CouchDB to manage datastores that continue to evolve based on citizen input. Ideal for anyone hoping to get their community engaged in open data projects.